Table 3.
Age adjusted risk factors by smoking and alcohol consumption category in men
| Smoking status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Drinking status | Never | Ex | Current |
| Mean age | |||
| None | 47.7 (47.0 - 48.3) | 50.3 (49.7 - 50.8) | 49.1 (48.7 - 49.5) |
| 1-14 units1/week | 45.4 (44.8 - 46.1) | 49.1 (48.6 - 49.6) | 48.2 (47.8 - 48.6) |
| 15+ units/week | 46.3 (45.3 - 47.3) | 49.0 (48.3 - 49.6) | 47.5 (47.2 - 47.9) |
| Mean cigarettes/day | |||
| None | 0 | 18.3 (17.3 - 19.3) | 17.2 (16.6 - 17.8) |
| 1-14 units/week | 0 | 18.6 (17.7 - 19.4) | 17.5 (17.0 - 18.0) |
| 15+ units/week | 0 | 21.9 (20.7 - 23.0) | 19.4 (18.9 - 19.9) |
| Mean units/week | |||
| None | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1-14 units/week | 6.9 (6.5 - 7.4) | 6.9 (6.5 - 7.2) | 7.6 (7.4 - 7.8) |
| 15+ units/week | 32.2 (29.6 - 34.8) | 30.4 (28.6 - 32.1) | 30.1 (29.2 - 31.0) |
| Mean siblings | |||
| None | 3.0 (2.7 - 3.2) | 3.1 (2.8 - 3.3) | 3.4 (3.3 - 3.6) |
| 1-14 units/week | 3.0 (2.7 - 3.2) | 3.0 (2.8 - 3.2) | 3.4 (3.2 - 3.5) |
| 15+ units/week | 3.9 (3.5 - 4.4) | 3.6 (3.3 - 3.8) | 4.0 (3.9 - 4.2) |
| Mean plasma cholesterol (mmol/L) | |||
| None | 5.89 (5.80 - 5.98) | 5.83 (5.74 - 5.93) | 5.84 (5.77 - 5.91) |
| 1-14 units/week | 5.85 (5.75 - 5.96) | 6.06 (5.97 - 6.15) | 5.91 (5.85 - 5.97) |
| 15+ units/week | 5.98 (5.81 - 6.15) | 6.02 (5.91 - 6.13) | 5.76 (5.70 - 5.81) |
| Mean systolic blood pressure (mm/Hg) | |||
| None | 132.5 (130.9 - 134.0) | 133.5 (132.1 - 134.9) | 133.0 (132.0 - 134.1) |
| 1-14 units/week | 133.0 (131.0 - 135.0) | 132.9 (131.6 - 134.3) | 132.0 (131.2 - 132.9) |
| 15+ units/week | 139.8 (137.1 - 142.6) | 138.2 (136.4 - 140.0) | 135.7 (134.6 - 136.8) |
| Mean diastolic blood pressure (mm/Hg) | |||
| None | 83.6 (82.7 - 84.5) | 84.5 (83.6 - 85.5) | 82.5 (81.9 - 83.2) |
| 1-14 units/week | 84.7 (83.5 - 86.0) | 84.5 (83.6 - 85.3) | 82.1 (81.6 - 82.7) |
| 15+ units/week | 89.0 (87.2 - 90.8) | 87.6 (86.5 - 88.6) | 84.0 (83.5 - 84.6) |
| Mean body mass index (kg/m2) | |||
| None | 25.6 (25.3 - 25.9) | 25.5 (25.3 - 25.8) | 24.9 (24.7 - 25.1) |
| 1-14 units/week | 25.6 (25.3 - 25.9) | 25.5 (25.3 - 25.8) | 24.7 (24.6 - 24.9) |
| 15+ units/week | 27.4 (26.9 - 27.9) | 26.0 (25.7 - 26.3) | 24.8 (24.6 - 24.9) |
| Mean % predicted FEV12 (%) | |||
| None | 99.9 (98.2 - 101.6) | 99.2 (97.3 - 101.0) | 91.9 (90.6 - 93.2) |
| 1-14 units/week | 99.1 (96.7 - 101.6) | 96.5 (94.7 - 98.2) | 93.3 (92.3 - 94.4) |
| 15+ units/week | 94.3 (91.1 - 97.5) | 96.1 (93.9 - 98.2) | 89.6 (88.5 - 90.7) |
| % manual social class | |||
| None | 35.2 (30.9 - 39.4) | 36.5 (32.0 - 40.9) | 46.8 (43.5 - 50.1) |
| 1-14 units/week | 35.3 (30.0 - 40.6) | 35.6 (31.6 - 39.6) | 46.8 (44.1 - 49.6) |
| 15+ units/week | 66.6 (59.2 - 73.9) | 56.1 (51.2 - 61.1) | 69.9 (67.4 - 72.5) |
| % father's manual social class | |||
| None | 71.3 (67.2 - 75.4) | 70.2 (65.8 - 74.6) | 78.7 (75.9 - 81.4) |
| 1-14 units/week | 73.2 (68.2 - 78.2) | 64.4 (60.3 - 68.5) | 72.1 (69.6 - 74.6) |
| 15+ units/week | 83.4 (77.6 - 89.3) | 77.5 (73.4 - 81.7) | 84.2 (82.1 - 86.3) |
| % left education ≤ 14 yrs | |||
| None | 41.8 (37.4 - 46.1) | 46.3 (41.9 - 50.8) | 51.6 (48.4 - 54.7) |
| 1-14 units/week | 39.3 (33.9 - 44.7) | 38.1 (34.2 - 42.0) | 46.5 (43.9 - 49.2) |
| 15+ units/week | 61.9 (54.5 - 69.3) | 56.8 (51.9 - 61.7) | 66.2 (63.7 - 68.7) |
| % depcat 6 & 73 | |||
| None | 22.4 (18.6 - 26.1) | 19.1 (15.5 - 22.8) | 28.1 (25.1 - 31.0) |
| 1-14 units/week | 22.7 (18.0 - 27.4) | 17.4 (14.2 - 20.6) | 27.1 (24.7 - 29.6) |
| 15+ units/week | 41.0 (33.3 - 48.7) | 31.7 (27.0 - 36.4) | 40.5 (37.8 - 43.3) |
| % car user | |||
| None | 54.4 (49.9 - 58.8) | 56.4 (51.8 - 61.1) | 53.2 (49.9 - 56.6) |
| 1-14 units/week | 64.2 (58.8 - 69.5) | 68.6 (64.6 - 72.5) | 54.3 (51.6 - 57.0) |
| 15+ units/week | 41.7 (34.0 - 49.3) | 52.5 (47.5 - 57.5) | 34.1 (31.5 - 36.7) |
| % angina | |||
| None | 5.8 (3.7 - 7.9) | 4.2 (2.5 - 5.8) | 7.0 (5.3 - 8.7) |
| 1-14 units/week | 1.0 (-0.05 to 2.1) | 5.0 (3.2 - 6.8) | 6.7 (5.3 - 8.1) |
| 15+ units/week | 1.5 (-0.2 to 3.2) | 5.6 (3.3 - 7.9) | 8.5 (6.9 - 10.1) |
| % with ischaemia on ECG4 | |||
| None | 4.3 (2.5 - 6.1) | 7.2 (4.9 - 9.5) | 4.8 (3.5 - 6.2) |
| 1-14 units/week | 6.1 (3.2 - 8.9) | 7.1 (4.9 - 9.3) | 5.1 (3.9 - 6.3) |
| 15+ units/week | 3.8 (1.0 - 6.5) | 7.2 (4.6 - 9.8) | 5.9 (4.6 - 7.2) |
| % bronchitis | |||
| None | 0.4 (-0.2 to 1.0) | 0.8 (0.1 - 1.4) | 2.3 (1.3 - 3.4) |
| 1-14 units/week | 0 | 1.5 (0.5 - 2.5) | 2.3 (1.5 - 3.1) |
| 15+ units/week | 1.1 (-0.4 to 2.7) | 1.8 (0.5 - 3.1) | 4.4 (3.2 - 5.5) |
1 1 unit = 1 measure of spirits, or half a pint of beer or a sixth of a bottle of wine
2 FEV1 = forced expiratory volume in 1 second
3 Depcat 6&7 = the 2 most deprived deprivation categories
4 ECG = electrocardiogram